Storm-front for vehicles



No. 626,964. Patented June I3, |899. S. H. BLAKEILY'.. STORM FRONT FUER, VfEHIfCLES..

Applicaton flied Feb. 2.0 13.99.)

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A'Ninn `SAMUEL H. BLAKELY, OF TROY, KANSAS.

STORM-FRONT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 626,964, dated June 13, 1899.

Application i'iled February Z0, 1899. Serial No. 706,191. (No modelfl To all whom t may con/aww Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. BLAKELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Doniphan and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Storm- Front for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in storm-fronts for vehicles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of storm-fronts for vehicles and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily applied to a buggy or other vehicle and capa ble of effectually protecting the occupants and of affording ready ingress to and egress from the vehicle.

A further object of the invention is to enable the device to be compactly folded when it is desired to remove the storm-curtains.

The invention consists in the construction and novel colnbination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a storm-front constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a buggy. Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating the manner of folding. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating the manner of supporting the upper edges of the stor1n-cu rtains. Fig. 4 is a similar View illustrating the manner of supporting the hood. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the. hood-supporting bowl or frame. Fig. 6 is a similar view of one end thereof, illustrating the construction of the clamps.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures 'of the drawings.

l designates a hood constructed of oi1cloth or other suitable waterproof material and attached at its inner edge 2 to the top of the front bow 3 of a buggy-top by means of eyelets 4; and buttons 5 of the usual construction; but it will be readily understood that any other suitable fastening devices may be employed for detachably connecting the hood to the front bow. The lower or outer edge of the hood l is provided with loops 6, arranged on the inner face of the hood and receiving a bow or frame 7, disposed substantially in a horizontal plane and having its terminals detachably secured to opposite sides of the front bow by clamps 8. The sides or end portions of the hood-supporting bow or frame are curved forwardly and inwardly to conform to the width of the box 9, which is narrower than the buggy-top, and the front portion of the bow 7 is arranged in the same vertical plane as the dash. The clamps 8 of the bow or frame 7 are provided with movable members or sections 9, hinged at their outer ends at 10 and detachably secured at their inner ends by bolts ll or other suitable fastening devices, and the hood-supporting bow 7 is provided adjacent to its ends with angular bends 1l to arrange the body portion of the bow a slight distance above the point of attachment of its ends. The clamps enable the bow or frame 7 to be readily mounted on the sides of the front bow of any ordinary buggy-top.

The supporting frame or bow 7 is also engaged by hooks 12 of side curtains 13, extending around the sides and front of the vehicle and having their rear edges connected with the second bow of the buggy-top. The front portions 11i of the side curtains extend inward across the front of the vehicle a considerable distance, as shown, and the space between them may, if desired, be closed by a front curtain having a suitable transparent portion to enable the occupants to see. The lower edges of the front portions of the side curtains are buttoned at 15 or otherwise secured to the front of the box, and the rear edge of each side curtain is provided at the top with an eyelet or buttonhole 16, adapted to engage a suitable button or stud at the top of the side of the second bow. The side curtains are also provided at their rear edges with hooks 17 and 18, located, respectively, at points between the top and bottom and at the bottom and adapted to engage detachably the second bow and the upper edge ofl the box to retain the storm-curtain in position. The lower portion of the storm-curtain is drawn inward toward the box and the upper portion extends beneath the side curtain 19 of the top, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. The hooks 17 and 18 are preferably covered with cloth or other suit- IOO able material to avoid injuring the iinish of the vehicle; but any other suitable fastening devices may be employed, if desired.

The entire device may be readily removed from the buggy in warm weather when it is undesirable to have it, and the storm-curtains can be compactly arranged, as illustrated inl ally excluding the weather, and the stormeasily removed and replaced in the box of the seat ready for use at any time, while the hood remains in position during the stormy season.

Changes in the form, proportion7 size, and the minor details of construction Within the scope of the appended claims, such as varying the form of the fastening devices for securing the storm-curtains and the hood to a vehicle-top and the like, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

l/Vhat is claimed isl. A device of the class described comprising a substantially horizontal hood designed to be secured to the front of a vehicle-top and extending forward from the front bow, an d the storm-curtains arranged at opposite sides of the vehicle and extending inward on and partially covering the front of the same, said curtains being spaced apart at the front of the vehicle to provide an openingsubstantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a vehicle, of a substantially horizontal bow or frame extending forwardly from the front bow, a hood connected at its lower edge with the bow or frame and detachably secured at its upper edge to the front bow, and the storm-curtains located at opposite sides of the vehicle and detachably connected with the bow or frame, substam tially as described.

3. In a device of t-he class described, the combination with a vehicle, of a supporting frame or bow detachably mounted on the front bow and extending forwardly therefrom, a hood connected with the supporting frame or bow and with the top of the front bow, and the storm-curtains having their up-r per edges detachably engaging and supported by .the frame or bow, said curtains being arranged at opposite sides and at the front of the vehicle and connected at their bottoms with the body, substantially as described.

4f. In a device of the class described, the combination with a vehicle, of a substantially horizontal bow or frame extending forwardly upon the front bow, a hood connected at its lower edge with the bow or fra-me and detach-l ably secured at its upper edge to the top of the front bow, and the storm-curtains located at opposite sides of the lvehicle and detachably connected at its top and bottom to the lsame and supported by the frame or bow,

said storm-curtains being adapted to have their side portions rolled and connected to the front portions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a vehicle, of a forwardlyextending frame or bow detachably mounted on the front` bow at opposite sides thereof, a hood detachably 'secu' red to the top of the front bow and provided with loops receiving the frame or bow, the storm-curtains arranged at the sides and front of the vehicle, and provided at Atheir upper edges with hooks detachably engaging the frame or bow, said curtains having their front portions detachably secured to the body and fastening devices for detachably connecting the rear portions of the storm-curtains with the vehicle,'substan tially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedl my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL I'I. B LAKELY.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL P. ZIMMERMAN, ARTHUR llARGIs. 

